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 It's Quittin' Time: Smokers Need Not Rely on Willpower Alone [Recommended] Description: Article from FDA Consumer magazine, updated to Feb 1998. Reviews quit smoking aids and quitting itself. (pueblo.gsa.gov) |
| Acupuncture for Smoking Cessation Description: Article in scientific journal. Examines whether acupuncture is effective for quitting smoking. Conclusion is it does no better than placebo. (tc.bmjjournals.com) |
| Effectiveness of Hypnosis for Quitting Smoking Description: Researchers at Ohio State University reviewed five dozen studies and conclude that smokers who are hopeful that hypnosis will help them kick their habit need to temper their expectations. (sciencedaily.com) |
| FTC finds Ruta Lee's Vitamin C and stop-smoking ads were deceptive Description: Television personality Ruta Lee agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that advertising claims she made for three vitamin sprays and a stop-smoking spray were unsubstantiated. (ftc.gov) |
| Guide to Quit Smoking Description: Product is a self help manual. (quit4good.com) |
| Is Bupropion an Effective Treatment for Smoking Cessation? Description: Slide presentation evaluates effectivess measurements for Bupropion ("Zyban"), the nicotine patch, the gum; also presents general information on smoking, addiction, and quitting. (medicine.uiowa.edu) |
| It's Quittin' Time: Smokers Need Not Rely on Willpower Alone Description: FDA information on the nicotine patch, gum, nasal spray, and inhaler, and Zyban. (fda.gov) |
| Kicking Butts in the Twenty-First Century Description: 50 page ACSH pamphlet reports the track record of nioctine patch, gum, inhaler, lozenge, spray; buproprion; counseling, alone and in combination with drug therapies; support groups; telephone counseling; self-help materials and programs; alternative approaches including acupuncture, hypnosis, and herbal remedies. (acsh.org) |
| Nicotinell Description: Information about quitting smoking using Nicotinell. Provided by its manufacturer, Novartis. (nicotinell.com) |
| Prescriptions to Help Smokers Quit Description: Reprint from FDA Consumer magazine, June 1994, written by a geneticist and author of a biology text. Discusses the pros and cons of the patch and gum. (openseason.com) |
| Quitting Smoking: A Consumer's Guide Description: CDC, FDA information from GSA; covers which products (as of 1994) had been found safe and effective and which had not. (pueblo.gsa.gov) |
| Smokers Advised to Combine Therapies Description: The combined use of nicotine patches and sprays is the best way to quit smoking, researchers find. (news.bbc.co.uk) |
| The Habitrol Stop Smoking System Description: Vendor of "the patch". Focus is on a smoking cessation program that combines development of a personalized program with behavioral modification, nicotine replacement therapy and on-line support. In English and French language. (habitrol.com) |
| Zyban for Smoking Cessation Description: Briefly reviews the scientific literature on safety and effectiveness. (jr2.ox.ac.uk) |
